PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning
This pocket book offers a succinct but comprehensive overview of the role of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning. Individual chapters are devoted to specific application of the technique to particular tumor types, including non-small cell lung, gastrointestin
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Chua Editor
PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning
Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging PET/CT Series editors Jamshed B. Bomanji London, UK Gopinath Gnanasegaran London, UK Stefano Fanti Bologna, Italy Homer A. Macapinlac Houston, Texas, USA
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13803
Sue Chua Editor
PET/CT in Radiotherapy Planning
Editor Sue Chua Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Sutton Surrey United Kingdom
ISSN 2367-2439 ISSN 2367-2447 (electronic) Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging - PET/CT ISBN 978-3-319-54743-5 ISBN 978-3-319-54744-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54744-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017942962 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
PET/CT series is dedicated to Prof Ignac Fogelman, Dr Muriel Buxton-Thomas and Prof Ajit K Padhy
Foreword
Clear and concise clinical indications for PET/CT in the management of the oncology patient are presented in this series of 15 separate booklets. The impact on better staging, tailored management and specific treatment of the patient with cancer has been achieved with the advent of this multimodality imaging technology. Early and accurate diagnosis will always pay, and clear information can be gathered with PET/CT on treatment responses. Prognostic information is gathered and can further guide additional therapeutic options. It is a fortunate coincidence that PET/CT was able to derive great benefit from radionuclide-labelled probes, which deliver good and often excellent target to nontarget signals. Whilst la
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